To Write is to Think

This is the most humble beginning of a most humble blog. I do not pretend to be an opinion columnist or a journalist. I am not a clever writer. But I do believe the best way to think and ponder any issue or concept is to write about it.

Writing helps take thoughts and ideas that may be pinging around in your head and get them organized. The feedback from seeing your thoughts take shape on paper or a computer monitor helps to refine and sharpen them. Any logical fallacies or lack of evidence to support an assertion become immediately apparent when you read your own first draft of an argumentative or persuasive essay.

If you are reading this, then I am grateful, and I hope you will help me sharpen my own thinking on a number of subjects.